HIS 142 - Western Civilization 1600 to Pres

Offered WILecture‐3 3 credit hrs/3 contact hrsA review of the continuing development of modern institutions and traditions from the Ancien Regime to the present. Specific topics to be addressed include the Enlightenment, Napoleonic era, industrial revolution, rise of nation‐states, imperialism, emergence of totalitarian dictators, and the cold war. A wide spectrum of political, economic, social, intellectual, and technological history is examined to better understand current world issues.